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Family: Gurgesiellidae Pygmy skates



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19 species (see list below)
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Cruriraja andamanica
[Andaman leg skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic

Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948

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Cruriraja atlantis
[Cuban legskate]
No picture found
 
Cruriraja cadenati
[Broadfoot leg skate]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 31 cm TL
Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)

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Cruriraja durbanensis
[Smoothnose legskate]
No picture found

Max. Length 59.4 cm TL
 
Cruriraja hulleyi
[]

Photo by SFSA

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 55 cm TL
Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923)

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Cruriraja parcomaculata
[Roughnose legskate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 32.8 cm TL
Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948

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Cruriraja poeyi
[Cuban leg skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Atlantic

Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958

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Cruriraja rugosa
[Rough leg skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic

Fenestraja atripinna (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

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Fenestraja atripinna
[Blackfin pygmy skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 22 cm TL
Fenestraja cubensis (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

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Fenestraja cubensis
[Cuban pygmy skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic

Fenestraja ishiyamai (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)

Photo by Photo by FAO
 
Fenestraja ishiyamai
[Plain pygmy skate]
No picture found
 
Fenestraja maceachrani
[Madagascar pygmy skate]
No picture found
 
Fenestraja mamillidens
[Prickly skate]

Photo by Flescher, D.

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 25.3 cm TL
Fenestraja plutonia (Garman, 1881)

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Fenestraja plutonia
[Pluto skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 31 cm
Fenestraja sibogae (Weber, 1913)

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Fenestraja sibogae
[Siboga skate]

Photo by FAO

Western Central Atlantic
Max. Length 37.5 cm TL
Fenestraja sinusmexicanus (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)

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Fenestraja sinusmexicanus
[Gulf skate]

Photo by Ramjohn, D.D.

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 50 cm TL
Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962)

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Gurgesiella atlantica
[Atlantic pygmy skate]

Photo by Fischer, L.G.

Southwest Atlantic
Max. Length 53 cm TL
Gurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980

Photo by Photo by Fischer, L.G.
 
Gurgesiella dorsalifera
[Onefin skate]

Photo by Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile

Southeast Pacific
Max. Length 52 cm TL
Gurgesiella furvescens de Buen, 1959

Photo by Photo by Elasmolab Universidad Austral de Chile
 
Gurgesiella furvescens
[Dusky finless skate]


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Cruriraja andamanica Andaman leg skate Indian Ocean 1909
Cruriraja atlantis Cuban legskate Western Central Atlantic 1948
Cruriraja cadenati Broadfoot leg skate Western Central Atlantic 1962
Cruriraja durbanensis Smoothnose legskate Southeast Atlantic 31 TL 1923
Cruriraja hulleyi Southeast Atlantic 59.4 TL 2010
Cruriraja parcomaculata Roughnose legskate Western Indian Ocean 55 TL 1923
Cruriraja poeyi Cuban leg skate Western Central Atlantic 32.8 TL 1948
Cruriraja rugosa Rough leg skate Western Atlantic 1958
Fenestraja atripinna Blackfin pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 1950
Fenestraja cubensis Cuban pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 22 TL 1950
Fenestraja ishiyamai Plain pygmy skate Western Central Atlantic 1962
Fenestraja maceachrani Madagascar pygmy skate Western Indian Ocean 1989
Fenestraja mamillidens Prickly skate Indian Ocean. 1889
Fenestraja plutonia Pluto skate Western Central Atlantic 25.3 TL 1881
Fenestraja sibogae Siboga skate Western Central Pacific 31 1913
Fenestraja sinusmexicanus Gulf skate Western Central Atlantic 37.5 TL 1950
Gurgesiella atlantica Atlantic pygmy skate Western Atlantic 50 TL 1962
Gurgesiella dorsalifera Onefin skate Southwest Atlantic 53 TL 1980
Gurgesiella furvescens Dusky finless skate Southeast Pacific 52 TL 1959



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